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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“Nothing made me happen. I happened.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

“When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

“Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for. ”
― Lawrence Block

“If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.”
― Lawrence Block

“There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?”
― Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity

“No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.”
― Carol Burnett

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”
― Carol Burnett

“Comedy = tragedy + time.”
― Carol Burnett

“Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum.”
― James Lee Burke, Pegasus Descending

“God bless the Reference Librarians”
― James Lee Burke

“Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.”
― Carol Burnett

“When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.”
― Carol Burnett

“I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.”
― Julia Child

“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”
― Julia Child

“The only way he could truly stick out in New Orleans was if he were walking down the street on fire.”
― Hunter Murphy, Imogene in New Orleans

“I long ago became convinced that the most reliable source for arcane and obscure and seemingly unobtainable information does not lie with the government or law enforcement agencies. Apparently neither the CIA nor the military intelligence apparatus inside the Pentagon had even a slight inkling of the Soviet Union's impending collapse, right up to the moment the Kremlin's leaders were trying to cut deals for their memoirs with New York publishers. Or, if a person really wishes a lesson in the subjective nature of official information, he can always call the IRS and ask for help with his tax forms, then call back a half hour later and ask the same questions to a different representative. So where do you go to find a researcher who is intelligent, imaginative, skilled in the use of computers, devoted to discovering the truth, and knowledgeable about science, technology, history, and literature, and who usually works for dirt and gets credit for nothing? After lunch I drove to the city library on Main and asked the reference librarian to find what she could on Junior Crudup.”
― James Lee Burke, Last Car to Elysian Fields

“A lie is an act of theft. It steals people's faith and makes them resent themselves”
― James Lee Burke, Pegasus Descending

“How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away?”
― James Lee Burke, Swan Peak

“Money can't buy happiness but it'll sure keep a mess of grief off your front porch.”
― James Lee Burke

“And every good artist knows that the gift comes from somewhere else, and it's there for a reason, and that's to make the world a better place.”
― James Lee Burke

“Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?”
― James Lee Burke, Swan Peak

“If there were an international butt competition, Eric would win, hands down—or cheeks up.”
― Charlaine Harris, Dead to the World

“You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.”
― Charlaine Harris, Club Dead

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

“It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal.”
― Charlaine Harris, Dead to the World

“My bullshit meter is reading that as 'false'.”
― Charlaine Harris, Dead as a Doornail

“Even the sidewalks in ‪‎New Orleans‬ had personality.”
― Hunter Murphy, Imogene in New Orleans